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In the late 1980s through 1990s, Stephanie Seymour took the modeling industry by storm, gracing several covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and major fashion magazines such as VogueatCosmopolitan. She also addedVictoria's Secret Angel to her resumé and gained further notoriety for her romantic relationships. Seymour even dabbled in acting, playing Helen Frankenthaler in the 2000 film Pollock—a biopic of the artist Jackson Pollock—and an episode of Law and Order: Criminal Intent.These days, Seymour is a wife and mother and serves as the face of her own lingerie brand, Raven & Sparrow, which she founded in 2017. Read on to see Seymour now, at age 53.

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Born in San Diego, California, Seymour began her modeling career as a teenager. She got her big break when she was named a finalist in the 1983 Look of the Year modeling contest, now known as Elite Model Look, during its inaugural year. Soon enough, her career took off, and in addition to modeling for Victoria's Secret, she also took to the runway, walking the catwalk for several top luxury brands—Chanel, Versace, and Louis Vuitton, just to name a few.

Seymour is cited as the muse of AzzedineAlaïa, a couture master known as the "King of Cling," as well asone of the original supermodels, alongside Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Kate Moss, and Claudia Schiffer. Seymour's accolades don't stop there: She was also listed as one ofPeople magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" at the height of her fame in 1994.

In the '90s, before the virtual age we live in now, supermodels rose to fame without the help of social media. When asked about more recent big names in modeling, such as Kendall Jenner atGigi Hadid, Seymour told Vanity Fairin 2016, "They are completely different than we were. Supermodels are a thing of the past. They deserve their own title. [Jenner and Hadid] are beautiful girls, and I support all of them, but they need their own title."

Seymour has had her fair share of love interests over the years. When she was 16, she began dating head of Elite Model Management, John Casablancas, who was 26 years her senior and married at the time. After ending that relationship, Seymour went on to marry and divorce guitarist Tommy Andrews, with whom she had her first child, Dylan Thomas Andrews TK in 1990.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB.

In 1991, Seymour became involved with Axl Rose, lead singer of the the rock band Guns N' Roses. During their relationship, Seymour starred as Rose's love interest in two of the band's music videos, "Don't Cry" and "November Rain." The couple's very public, tumultuous relationship ended in February 1993, which was then followed by Rose suing Seymour, claiming she assaulted him and stole $100,000 worth of jewelry. Seymour countersued, citing physical abuse, and the claims were eventually settled.

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Moving on from her rockstar days, Seymour eventually found love with real estate developer, publisher, and art collector, Peter Brant. While he was already married and the father of five, Brant's relationship with Seymour ensued, and she gave birth to the couple's first son, Peter Brant II, on December 30, 1993. After Brant filed for divorce, he and Seymour went on to marry in 1995, have another son, Henry Joseph, in 1996, and a daughter, Lily Margaret, in 2004.

Not all was picture perfect, as Seymour filed for divorce in March 2009 and proceedings got particularly heated. Ayon kayThe New York Times, Seymour accused Brant of being controlling, while he claimed she cheated and abused drugs and alcohol. Things seemed to be coming to a close, but the pair shocked everyone when they reconciled their differences in 2010 and are still together today.

Seymour is still in the spotlight to this day, posing in a Gap advertisement with her children in 2006, as well as modeling for Salvatore Ferragamo Noong 2007/2008 sa lumang kaibigan at supermodel, si Claudia Schiffer. Higit pang mga kamakailan lamang, siya ay patuloy na itinampok sa mga high-fashion cover, pagmomolde para saPakikipanayammagazine sa 2013, at posing scantily clad para sa.Italian Vogue. sa 2019.

Ang tagumpay ay nakilala ang marami sa buhay ni Seymour, ngunit noong 2021, ang trahedya ay tumama nang siya pagkatapos ay 24-taong-gulang na anak na lalaki, si Henry,namatay mula sa isang hindi sinasadyang labis na dosis ng droga. Noong 2022, sa isang taon na anibersaryo ng kamatayan ng kanyang anak, kinuha ni SeymourInstagram upang magbayad ng tributo kay Henry., kabilang ang isang tula ni Donna Ashworth na pinamagatang, "Naiwan ako sa iyo ngayon," sa caption.

Habang iniulat na pinapanatili ang isang mababang profile, patuloy na itinataguyod ni Seymour ang Raven & Sparrow at nakikipag-ugnayan din sa mga pagsisikap ng pilantropiko sa pamamagitan ngBrandt Foundation Art Study Center., na itinatag ng kanyang asawa na si Pedro noong 1996. Ang programa ay naglalayong dagdagan ang pagiging naa-access sa mga artistikong gawa at institusyon at itaguyod ang edukasyon ng kontemporaryong sining at disenyo, ayon sa website ng Foundation. Noong 2013, nakatulong din ang mag-asawa na itaas$ 20 milyon para sa Child Mind Institute., isang organisasyon ang itinatag upang tulungan ang mga bata at pamilya na pakikitungo sa mga sakit sa kalusugan at pag-aaral ng kaisipan.

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